Published on Thursday, November 05, 2009
November 2, 2009
Claremont, California—The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management and the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University announced today the kickoff of Drucker Centennial Week, Nov. 2-8, commemorating what would have been Peter F. Drucker’s 100th birthday.
This weeklong series of events in Claremont and Los Angeles crowns the Drucker Centennial, a global celebration of the life of the late Peter Drucker, author of 39 books, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the man widely known as “the father of modern management.” Drucker’s timeless insights into leadership, innovation, organizational effectiveness, economy and society continue to shape today’s fast-changing world.
Among those taking part in Drucker Week are leading management thinkers Ken Blanchard, Warren Bennis, Charles Handy, Stephen Covey, Jim Collins and Frances Hesselbein.
Most of the events are free and open to the public. For more details on Drucker Centennial Week and registration information, please visit www.drucker100week.com. You can also email drucker100@cgu.edu This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (909) 607-6007.
Event highlights include:
Ken Blanchard, Live on Campus
Monday, November 2, 3:30-5PM
Pickford Auditorium at Claremont McKenna College
Few people have influenced the day-to-day management of people and companies more than Ken Blanchard. A highly sought-after author and speaker, Blanchard is one of the most prominent leadership experts in the world. Notable among his more than 30 books, which have combined sales of 18 million-plus copies in more than 25 languages, are The One Minute Manager, Leading at a Higher Level, Know Can Do!, The One Minute Entrepreneur and Helping People Win at Work.
Sanso Japanese Art Exhibit Opening
Monday, November 2, 8PM
Williamson Gallery at Scripps College
This exhibition, on the campus of Scripps College, will showcase pieces from the internationally renowned Sanso Collection. Curated by Bruce Coats, chairman of Scripps College’s Department of Art History, the exhibit will feature more than 30 Japanese scroll paintings and survey a wide variety of responses to the teachings of Zen Buddhism. Peter Drucker lectured on Japanese art at Pomona College from 1975-1985. Displaying the Sanso Collection as part of the Centennial highlights Drucker’s belief that management is a liberal art, as well as his ability to draw insights from a wide variety of disciplines. The exhibition will run through Sunday, December 6.
Leadership All-Stars
Tuesday, November 3, 8AM-12:30PM
Club Nokia at LA Live
This event will feature a rare joint appearance by three towering thinkers in leadership and management: Ken Blanchard; USC professor Warren Bennis, hailed by Forbes as “the dean of leadership gurus”; and renowned British social philosopher Charles Handy. These three giants will pay tribute to Peter Drucker’s path-breaking insights while relating his work to their own. They will be introduced by major media personalities Charles Crumpley, editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal; Kai Ryssdal, host of Public Radio’s Marketplace; and Val Zavala of KCET’s “Life & Times.’ Ira Jackson, dean of the Drucker School, and Drucker Institute Executive Director Rick Wartzman will serve as interlocutors.
Frances Hesselbein Lecture
Wednesday, November 4, 3:30-5PM
Burkle Building at the Drucker School
Frances Hesselbein, who will speak on “The Crucible Generation: Hope of the Future,” is the chair of the Leader to Leader Institute (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management). She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998. The award recognized her leadership as chief executive of the Girl Scouts of the USA from 1976-1990, her role as the founding president of the Drucker Foundation and her service as “a pioneer for women, diversity and inclusion.” Recently, Hesselbein was named the chair for the Study of Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Stephen Covey Centennial Event
Thursday, November 5, 8-11AM
Mark Taper Auditorium at LA Central Library
Stephen R. Covey has been recognized as one of Time magazine’s 25 most influential Americans. An internationally respected leadership authority, family expert, teacher, organizational consultant and author, he has sold more than 20 million books in 38 languages. Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People was named the No. 1 Most Influential Business Book of the 20th Century by CEO magazine.
Conversation with Jorge Vasconcellos e Sá
Friday, November 6, Noon-2PM
Peter Drucker has said that a crisis presents a great opportunity for an organization to strengthen itself. To capitalize on crises, Drucker urged all organizations—for-profit and nonprofit—to carefully respond to four essential questions. European management scholar Jorge Vasconcellos e Sá will explore these questions and how an organization can begin to answer them.
The Drucker Difference Book Party
Friday, November 6, 4-5PM
Honnold Library at the Claremont Colleges
This event will celebrate the recent publication by McGraw-Hill of The Drucker Difference: What the World’s Greatest Management Thinker Means to Today’s Business Leaders. The book, which analyzes and extends Drucker’s most important ideas in the context of today’s turbulent business environment, was written by Drucker School faculty and is based on the course required of all entering Drucker School students.
Drucker Centennial Day With Jim Collins Keynote
Saturday, November 7, 7:45AM-6:30PM
Garrison Theatre, Scripps College
Drucker Day brings together Drucker School alumni and others interested in hearing great speakers, taking mini-classes with faculty, networking and enjoying great food. Jim Collins, bestselling author of Built to Last, Good to Great and How the Mighty Fall, will keynote the event. In addition, the day will feature a raft of other headline speakers, including former Monsanto CEO Bob Shapiro; Faye Washington, CEO of YWCA of Greater Los Angeles; authors Will Hopper and Bob Nelson; and many more. Drucker Centennial Day guests will also have access to an Expo of Drucker-related activity and organizations that will showcase ways to stay connected with the local and global Drucker community.
Doris Drucker Claremont Community Brunch
Sunday, November 8, 10AM-1PM
Front of Garrison Theatre, Scripps College
During this lovely outdoor brunch, guests will have a chance to share the company of Doris Drucker—author, entrepreneur and Peter Drucker’s wife of more than 70 years—and feel the warmth of the Drucker community. It will be a fitting close to the Drucker Centennial Week Celebration. Welcome remarks will be made by Doris Drucker, followed by a sumptuous brunch. (Open to the public. Free of charge if registered by October 30; charge of $30 per person applies for late registration.)
ABOUT PETER DRUCKER
Born in Vienna on November 19, 1909, Peter Drucker had a profound impact on how people around the world organize themselves in the realms of business, government and civil society.
Drucker’s 39 books, along with his countless scholarly and popular articles, predicted many of the major developments of the late 20th century, including privatization and decentralization; the rise of Japan to economic world power; the decisive importance of marketing and innovation; and the emergence of the information society with its necessity of lifelong learning. In 1959, Drucker coined the term “knowledge worker,” and he spent the rest of his life examining an age in which an unprecedented number of people use their brains more than their backs.
Drucker’s first major work, The End of Economic Man, was published in 1939. Driven by an insatiable curiosity about the world around him—and a deep desire to make that world a better place—Drucker continued to write long after most others would have put away their pens. The result was a ceaseless procession of landmarks and classics: Concept of the Corporation in 1946, The Practice of Management in 1954, The Effective Executive in 1967, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices in 1973, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 1985, Post-Capitalist Society in 1993, Management Challenges for the 21st Century in 1999.
Drucker, who had taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Bennington College, and New York University, spent the last 30-plus years of his career on the faculty at Claremont Graduate University. In 2001, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. He died in November 2005, just shy of his 96th birthday.
ABOUT THE DRUCKER SCHOOL
The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management is training the next generation of effective managers and ethical leaders for all sectors of society: private, public and philanthropic. Inspired by principles and practices advanced by Peter Drucker, the school approaches management as a liberal art and seeks to tackle some of the biggest questions challenging global society.
Part of the renowned Claremont Colleges and located in the foothills of the beautiful San Gabriel mountains 35 miles from downtown Los Angeles, the Drucker School is more than just a traditional business school; it is also considered a premiere management and leadership school.
With a strong commitment to research, values orientation, and an intimate graduate-only curriculum, the school was recently ranked fifth in the nation by Princeton Review in faculty quality. The Drucker School offers a variety of professional and doctoral degrees, including MBA, EMBA, MSFE (jointly with CGU’s School of Math), MA in Arts Management (jointly with CGU’s School of Arts and Humanities), MA in Politics, Business, and Economics (jointly with CGU’s School of Politics and Economics) and a concurrent JD/MBA with Southwestern Law School.
Named for both a pioneering thinker (Peter Drucker) and an accomplished doer (Masatoshi Ito), the school produces graduates who have a strong sense of social responsibility and a deep desire to make a difference by doing well while also doing good.
ABOUT THE DRUCKER INSTITUTE
The Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University is a think tank and action tank whose purpose is to stimulate effective management and ethical leadership across all sectors of society. It does this, in large part, by advancing the ideas and ideals of Peter F. Drucker, the father of modern management.
The Institute acts as a hub for a worldwide network of Drucker Societies: volunteer-driven organizations that are using Drucker’s teachings to bring about positive change in their local communities.
In addition, the Institute maintains a digital archive of Drucker’s papers; undertakes research that builds on Drucker’s writings; offers an annual $100,000 prize for nonprofit innovation; produces curricular material that distills Drucker’s decades of leading-edge thinking, including through an engaging, do-it-yourself workshop-in-a-box called “Drucker Unpacked”; applies Drucker’s work to current events (through a regular online column in BusinessWeek by Institute Executive Director Rick Wartzman and through a social media tool called Drucker Apps); and hosts visiting fellows with Drucker-like insights and values.
The Institute is a close affiliate of the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, which is training the next generation of leaders and managers to do good while they do well.
